Conference and workshop on 3-manifold topology and cube complexes at UIC — May 20-30
3-manifold topology and cube complexes
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The theory of non-positively curved cube complexes,
originally developed by `Frédéric Haglund`__ and `Daniel Wise`__,
is a very rich one in geometric group theory. It
plays a central rôle in `Ian Agol`__'s recent proof of the
Virtual Haken Conjecture.
Agol and Wise were awarded the 2013 `Oscar Veblen prize`__ for
their work related to this conjecture.
__ http://www.math.u-psud.fr/~haglund/
__ http://www.math.mcgill.ca/wise/
__ http://math.berkeley.edu/~ianagol/
__ http://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/ams-prizes/veblen-prize
The workshop at UIC from May 20-24 will consist of series of lectures by
Ian Agol, Alan Reid and Daniel Wise intending to introduce the main
aspects of these fields and connections. The conference from May
27-30 will feature talks by many leaders in geometric
group theory and low-dimensional topology.
The workshop and conference is being funded by the National Science
Foundation through a CAREER grant to Daniel Groves.
Organizers:
* Christopher Atkinson, University of Minnesota, Morris
* Loretta Bartolini, Loyola University, Chicago
* Marc Culler, University of Illinois at Chicago
* Daniel Groves, University of Illinois at Chicago
* Jing Tao, University of Oklahoma
For registration and more information, see the `conference website`__
__ http://www.math.uic.edu/conferences/cubes_man